Leigh Alford (41)
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U18 (2002/03)
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Competitions
Registered with:
Melbourne Cricket Club · Malvern Cricket Club · Prahran Cricket Club · Metropolitan Outer East
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 1984
(inferred from U18 eligibility, 2002/03 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2000/01 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
18/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
41/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
44/100
Representative pathway — 13 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 58 matches (+10.0)
- ● Regional representative — 6 matches (+0.9)
- ● Body of work — 82 imported matches (+1.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 57.3 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (4 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 30 catches in 82 matches (0.37 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 41 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 44 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.48 for the level played (1st grade 36 · Rep Div 1 2 · 2nd grade 22 · 3rd grade 3 · Club 18 · 4th grade 1). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- No match in the last 2 years, so not ranked. The rating shown is from the career.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 30 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 82 matches — 0.38 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 63 innings at 16.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 96 wickets in 74 matches bowled in (of 82 played) — 1.30 per match at 25.2, economy 3.83, strike rate 39.4.
Fielding — imported matches (82)
30
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.37
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
31
Total dismissals
0.38
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
754
Runs (63 inns)
16.15
Avg (adj)
57.31
Strike rate
68
High score
22
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
96
Wickets (630.5 ov)
3.83
Economy
25.16
Average
96
Maidens
0.1
Extras / over
39.4
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 82 imported |
| Batting | 754 runs in 63 inns @ 16.15 (SR 57.31) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 4×50, HS 68, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 96 wkts @ 25.16 (econ 3.83, SR 39.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 8-27 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 30 ct, 1 RO, 0 st |
All figures from imported scorecards only.
Further analysis
Batting form
Running not-out-adjusted average across innings (chronological).
Score distribution
How often each scoring band is reached — a read on consistency.
Scoring tempo
Runs vs balls faced per innings; line = a strike rate of 100.
Bowling form
Economy per spell (chronological) with the career economy as a baseline.
Wicket accumulation
Cumulative wickets across spells — the shape of their wicket-taking.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 31 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.37
Catches / match
0.38
Dismissals / match
Across 82 imported match(es).
Season by season
Seasons run 1 September – 31 August. Imported scorecards only.
Batting
| Season | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 10 | 3 | 93 | 21 | 12.09 | 51.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 24 | 12.33 | 29.13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 6 | 3 | 191 | 59* | 47.75 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 14 | 3 | 138 | 33 | 11.97 | 90.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 28 | 15.75 | 1050 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 7* | 4.9 | 47.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 8* | 6.73 | 70.21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 51 | 28.44 | 55.65 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006/07 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2* | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003/04 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 68* | 59.25 | 526.67 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002/03 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 23 | 19.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2001/02 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 56 | 6 | 214 | 5 | 42.8 | 3.82 | 67.2 |
| 2014/15 | 37 | 7 | 141 | 9 | 15.67 | 3.81 | 24.7 |
| 2013/14 | 57 | 9 | 243 | 8 | 30.38 | 4.26 | 42.8 |
| 2012/13 | 181 | 31 | 647 | 33 | 19.61 | 3.57 | 32.9 |
| 2011/12 | 54 | 8 | 189 | 9 | 21 | 3.5 | 36 |
| 2010/11 | 64 | 6 | 270 | 7 | 38.57 | 4.22 | 54.9 |
| 2009/10 | 83.2 | 17 | 334 | 11 | 30.36 | 4.02 | 45.4 |
| 2008/09 | 34.8 | 5 | 128 | 5 | 25.6 | 3.67 | 41.8 |
| 2006/07 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 33 | 8.25 | 24 |
| 2003/04 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | — | 5 | — |
| 2002/03 | 20 | 3 | 61 | 2 | 30.5 | 3.05 | 60 |
| 2001/02 | 32.5 | 4 | 120 | 6 | 20 | 3.69 | 32.5 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013/14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012/13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010/11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2009/10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008/09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006/07 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003/04 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001/02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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